“We expanded our snowmaking lake and the extra water is essential to our snowmaking operation, allowing us to open early in November,” said Chris Bates, Cataloochee’s General Manager. He added that the ski area expects to make snow over the next few days with favorable temperatures.
The two open slopes have an 8-20 inch machine-made base.
In 2006, Cataloochee was also able to open during the first week of November.
A dip in temperatures this past weekend allowed North Carolina’s Sugar Mountain Resort to fire up its guns, and it made enough snow to launch its season at 9 a.m. on Monday, November 17, 2008.
North Carolina’s Sugar Mountain Resort began its winter season at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, becoming the first ski area in the region to open.
On Monday, November 20, 2006, North Carolina’s Sugar Mountain Resort became the second ski area in the southeast to open for the 2006-2007 winter season.
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